COX, James Middleton, a Representative from Ohio; born on a farm near Jacksonburg, Butler County, Ohio, March 31, 1870; attended Butler County schools and Amanda (Ohio) High School; after two…
BECK, James Montgomery, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 9, 1861; attended the public schools and was graduated from Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pa., in…
Senate Years of Service: 1989-2007Party: Republican; IndependentJEFFORDS, James Merrill, a Representative and a Senator from Vermont; born in Rutland, Rutland County, Vt., May 11, 1934;…
Senate Years of Service: 1925-1935; 1935-1947Party: Republican; ProgressiveLA FOLLETTE, Robert Marion, Jr., (son of Robert Marion La Follette), a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Madison, Dane…
RUMSFELD, Donald Henry, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., July 9, 1932; A.B., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., 1954; received a commission in the United…
(Encyclopedia) KortrijkKortrijkkôrtˈrīk [key], Fr. Courtrai, city (1991 pop. 76,141), West Flanders prov., SW Belgium, on the Leie River. It is an important linen, lace, and textile-manufacturing…
(Encyclopedia) Carrington, Peter Carington, 6th Baron, 1919–2018, British politician. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst, he succeeded to the peerage in 1938. After serving with distinction in World War…
(Encyclopedia) Walpole, Sir Hugh Seymour, 1884–1941, English novelist, b. New Zealand, educated at Cambridge. His first two novels were failures, but with Fortitude (1913) he achieved financial and…
